Meanings
fluence1
nounfluence (countable and uncountable, plural fluences)
plural fluences
- countableobsoleteuncountableFluency
a voluble and ſmart fluence of Tongue,
1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 139 - countableuncountablenatural sciencesA measure of particle flux (or that of a pulse of electromagnetic radiation)
fluence2
Origin
fluence · noun
- Frenchfluence
- Englishfluence
From French fluence.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian дебит, поток
- дебит (debit)A measure of particle flux
- поток (potok)A measure of particle flux
Russian интегральная плотность потока, интегральный поток
- интегральная плотность потока (integralʹnaja plotnostʹ potoka)A measure of particle flux
- интегральный поток (integralʹnyj potok)A measure of particle flux
- флюенс (fljujens)A measure of particle flux
Spanish fluencia
- fluenciaA measure of particle flux
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APA
fluence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluence
MLA
“fluence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluence. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fluence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluence.
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